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B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING THE HEALTH RISKS OF TOXIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER, FISH AND SEDIMENTS; AND MICROBIAL PATHOGENS IN SURFACE WATERS SOL PR-CI-00-10774 POC David Plagge (513) 487-2022 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: David Plagge, plagge.david@epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water has a requirement for technical assistance and support services for the Office of Science and Technology (OST), Standards and Applied Science Division (SASD). This technical support will assist SASD in its responsibilities under the Clean Water Act of 1987 (CWA) including directing the national program for adoption of Water Quality Standards, developing prevention and remediation strategies to reduce the risk to human health and aquatic life resulting from contaminated fish and sediment and microbial pathogens in surface waters, providing technical support to the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program (section 303(d)) and technical support to the Effluent Guidelines program (section 304(m)), and preparing outreach and awareness materials including developing instructional material and presenting workshops. The successful contractor will be expected to provide technical support services to aid the Agency in the following task areas: risk-based analyses; economic and statistical analyses; model application; development of reports and guidance documents; compilation and analysis of national and international environmental data; development and validation of methods; environmental assessments; field sampling; support for workshops, conferences, and training; peer review support; public outreach and technology transfer; compilation, categorization, and summarization of comments received on SASD documents; and preparation of presentation materials. Identified needs include (1) developing methods and guidance for EPA program offices, State agencies, local governments, and nongovernmental organizations to assess, remediate or manage, and communicate the risks associated with exposure toxic bioaccumulative contaminants in surface waters, sediments, and fish tissue as well as microbial pathogens in bathing beach surface waters, (2) conducting studies to assess the national extent and severity of sediment and fish tissue contamination in waterbodies throughout the U.S. as well as water-borne pathogens present at bathing beaches, (3) providing technical support for maintaining and updating SASD's national and international databases, (4) providing technical support for developing standard bioaccumulation and sediment toxicity assessment methods, (5) providing technical support for performing field sampling for benthic organisms, sediment, fish, indicators of microbial pathogens, and field sampling for toxic pollutants, (6) performing risk-based analyses to assess the human health and/or ecological risks associated with exposure to toxic bioaccumulative contaminants in water, sediment, and fish tissue. This procurement will be processed using FAR Part 15. The proposed action will be conducted on a Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Level of Effort contract and will have a twelve month base period and two (2) twelve month option periods. The base period and each option period will consist of approximately 22,000 direct labor hours. Each contract period will have approximately 11,000 additional direct labor hours of optional level of effort. Solicitation PR-CI-00-10774 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's homepage on the World Wide Web at the following direct link URL: http//www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available by August 15, 2000. The applicable SIC Code for this procurement is 8731. See Note 26. Posted 07/05/00 (W-SN471362). (0187)

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